Why give up our liberties to reduce the minuscule risks of terrorism?

[groovychk]

Originally published at Twixel.net. You can comment here or there.

http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081106.shtml

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Even if terrorists were able to pull off one attack per year on the scale ofthe 9/11 atrocity, that would mean your one-year risk would be one in 100,000 and your lifetime risk would be about one in 1300. (300,000,000 ÷3,000 = 100,000 ÷ 78 years = 1282) In other words, your risk of dying in a plausible terrorist attack is much lower than your risk of dying in a car accident, by walking across the street, by drowning, in a fire, by falling,or by being murdered.
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Right -freaking- on.